This keeps coming up, thanks to Saltyguy’s obsession.
The bottom line is that insurance is cheaper with ‘career’ firefighters, whether they are assisted by auxiliaries or not. Any less than 3 professionals on duty, and your rates will be higher.
http://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/fire-dept/14940/35
That info is more than a couple of years old, but it’s still relevant. Doesn’t matter to Saltyguy, because he doesn’t care about the evidence. Apparently he would rather pay more in insurance than in taxes.
That was the case in the last thread too: Prince Rupert Fire Department
And here’s him complaining about the fire truck 4 years ago: Fire department in prince rupert (notice replies from actual firefighters)
So here’s how it goes:
- Saltybear freaks out about something fire department related.
- Someone digs up the info and proves him wrong.
- He says “it’s not true!” and waits a few more months before posting the same thing again.
I think we’re on round 5 now, Saltybear. So go ahead and post the “it’s not true!” post so we can move on.